Good morning. Hope everything is going well. Paul talks about himself being a true apostle of Jesus Christ. For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ. Being in the Assembly of God church you may or may not be aware of what goes on in other churches. There are men and women who claim to be apostles. They even have their own groups. They are structured kind of like Amway. Certain churches are under one apostle who is under another apostle who is under another apostle until you get to the top of the pyramid. And of course you give tithes upward. They are more interested in building their own empire than the church of God. They can be very legalistic and demanding of those under them. Back to Paul: and no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light. Therefore it is not surprising if his servants also disguise themselves as servants of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their deeds. Paul then tells of all the sufferings he has gone through. For indeed He was crucified because of weakness, yet He lives because of the power of God. For we also are weak in Him, yet we shall live with Him because of the power of God directed towards you. It is when we are weak in ourselves that we are strong in Him. We know that it is not ourselves that are accomplishing anything for Christ. Test yourselves to see if you are in the faith. Jesus Christ is in you unless indeed you fail the test. I give tests, but I don't like taking them. But after all it is more blessed to give than to receive. And that is the end of second Corinthians. Father thank You that the reader does not fail the test. He/she excels in all that he/she does for You.

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